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Selected Verse: Isaiah 13:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 13:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Their bows [07198] also shall dash [07376] the young men [05288] to pieces [07376]; and they shall have no pity [07355] on the fruit [06529] of the womb [0990]; their eye [05869] shall not spare [02347] children [01121]. |
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King James |
Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| bows--in the use of which the Persians were particularly skilled. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Their bows also - Bows and arrows were the usual weapons of the ancients in war; and the Persians were particularly skilled in their use. According to Xenophon, Cyrus came to Babylon with a great number of archers and slingers (Cyrop. ii. 1).
Shall dash the young men ... - That is, they shall dash the young men to pieces, or kill them by their bows and arrows. Vulgate, 'And with their arrows shall they slay the young.' The meaning of the word here rendered 'dash to pieces,' is to smite suddenly to the ground. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "And bows dash down young men; and they have no compassion on the fruit of the womb: their eye has no pity on children." The bows do not stand for the bowmen (see Isa 21:17), but the bows of the latter dash the young men to the ground by means of the arrows shot from them. They did not spare the fruit of the womb, since they ripped up the bodies of those that were with child (Kg2 8:12; Kg2 15:16, etc.). Even towards children they felt no emotion of compassionate regard, such as would express itself in the eye: chuus, to feel, more especially to feel with another, i.e., to sympathize; here and in Eze 5:11 it is ascribed to the eye as the mirror of the soul (compare the Arabic chasyet el-‛ain ala fulânin, carefulness of eye for a person: Hariri, Comment. p. 140). With such inhuman conduct on the part of the foe, the capital of the empire becomes the scene of a terrible conflagration. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Bows - Under which are comprehended, other weapons of war. Dash - Or, shalt pierce the young men through, as the Chaldee, renders it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Their bows also shall dash "Their bows shall dash" - Both Herodotus, 1:61, and Xenophon, Anab. iii., mention, that the Persians used large bows τοξα μεγαλα: and the latter says particularly that their bows were three cubits long, Anab. 4. They were celebrated for their archers, see Isa 22:6; Jer 49:35. Probably their neighbours and allies, the Medes, dealt much in the same sort of arms. In Psa 18:34, and Job 20:24, mention is made of a bow of steel; if the Persian bows were of metal, we may easily conceive that with a metalline bow of three cubits' length, and proportionably strong, the soldiers might dash and slay the young men, the weaker and unresisting of the inhabitants (for they are joined with the fruit of the womb and the children) in the general carnage on taking the city. תרתשנה terattashnah, shall be broken or shivered to pieces. This seems to refer, not to נערים nearim, young men, but to קשתות keshathoth, their bows. The bows of the young men shall be broken to pieces.
On the fruit, etc. "And on the fruit," etc. - A MS. of Dr. Kennicott's reads ועל פרי veal peri and on the fruit. And nine MSS. (three ancient) and two editions, with the Septuagint, Vulgate, and Syriac, add likewise the conjunction ו vau, and, to על al, upon, afterwards. |
11 Wherefore, as I live [02416], saith [05002] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Surely, because thou hast defiled [02930] my sanctuary [04720] with all thy detestable things [08251], and with all thine abominations [08441], therefore will I also diminish [01639] thee; neither shall mine eye [05869] spare [02347], neither will I have any pity [02550].
16 Then Menahem [04505] smote [05221] Tiphsah [08607], and all that were therein, and the coasts [01366] thereof from Tirzah [08656]: because they opened [06605] not to him, therefore he smote [05221] it; and all the women therein that were with child [02030] he ripped up [01234].
12 And Hazael [02371] said [0559], Why weepeth [01058] my lord [0113]? And he answered [0559], Because I know [03045] the evil [07451] that thou wilt do [06213] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: their strong holds [04013] wilt thou set [07971] on fire [0784], and their young men [0970] wilt thou slay [02026] with the sword [02719], and wilt dash [07376] their children [05768], and rip up [01234] their women with child [02030].
17 And the residue [07605] of the number [04557] of archers [07198], the mighty men [01368] of the children [01121] of Kedar [06938], shall be diminished [04591]: for the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] hath spoken [01696] it.
24 He shall flee [01272] from the iron [01270] weapon [05402], and the bow [07198] of steel [05154] shall strike him through [02498].
34 He teacheth [03925] my hands [03027] to war [04421], so that a bow [07198] of steel [05154] is broken [05181] by mine arms [02220].
35 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; Behold, I will break [07665] the bow [07198] of Elam [05867], the chief [07225] of their might [01369].
6 And Elam [05867] bare [05375] the quiver [0827] with chariots [07393] of men [0120] and horsemen [06571], and Kir [07024] uncovered [06168] the shield [04043].